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As a child, former Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, seen here in 2004, spent two years of his life in a World War II internment camp after the Pearl Harbor attack.

Norman Mineta, first Asian American Cabinet secretary, dies at age 90

May 03, 2022
Mineta served during the Clinton and Bush administrations, leading the Department of Transportation through the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks.
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Education

Judge says Virginia school is 'racial balancing' at the expense of Asian Americans

Mar 11, 2022
The case has been closely watched as courts continue to evaluate the role that racial considerations can play when deciding who should be admitted to a particular school.
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Race
Rachel Sklar, an environmental epidemiologist and postdoctoral scholar is seen at the San Quentin State Prison in California, collecting data on COVID-19 transmission in the state's prison population. Sklar, who is of Filipino descent, says she has been

Southeast Asians are underrepresented in STEM. The label 'Asian' boxes them out more

Dec 12, 2021
The way data on racial groups is typically collected in the U.S. has sidelined smaller Asian populations like Hmong, Lao and Filipino Americans for decades. Now, there are growing calls for change.
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National
U.S. gymnast Sunisa Lee took home a bronze medal for her performance on the uneven bars at the Tokyo Olympics, as well as a gold medal in the women's all-around.

Olympic gymnast Sunisa Lee says she was pepper-sprayed in a racist attack in LA

Nov 12, 2021
The all-around champion, who is Hmong American, says she was with a group of friends of Asian descent in Los Angeles when people in a passing car yelled at them to "go back to where they came from."
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
New crowdfunding efforts are helping to pay for trips from taxis and ride-hailing apps for Asian American Pacific Islander community members who don't feel safe walking in cities such as New York and San Francisco.

'A Sigh Of Relief': Crowdfunded Cab Rides Aim To Get Asian Americans Home Safe

Apr 09, 2021
In response to attacks against Asian Americans, there are efforts in some major U.S. cities to pool funds for taxi or app-based rides for people who feel unsafe walking or taking public transport.
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Goats and Soda

Why Pandemics Give Birth To Hate: From Bubonic Plague To COVID-19

Mar 26, 2021
The Atlanta shooting has led to heated discussion about the blame — and violence — aimed at Asians during the pandemic. It's the latest example in a long history of hatred fueled by disease.
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National
Flowers and signs adorn Gold Spa in Atlanta during a demonstration on Thursday opposing violence against women and Asians following this week's deadly shootings in the area.

Biden And Harris Meeting In Atlanta With Asian American Community Leaders

Mar 19, 2021
The previously scheduled visit was to have included a celebration of the recently passed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, but Tuesday's deadly shootings at area spas caused a change in plans.
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National
A sign posted in San Francisco's Chinatown neighborhood on March 8 encourages people to call a police tip line if they witness a crime.

Asian Americans Experience 'Far More' Hate Incidents Than Numbers Indicate

Mar 11, 2021
Racially motivated attacks against Asian Americans have been on the rise since the start of the pandemic, but a Los Angeles-based civil rights group says the actual numbers are even higher.
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Coronavirus Updates
This photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine shows the first patient enrolled in Pfizer's COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial receiving an injection in May.

Survey Finds Asian Americans Are Racial Or Ethnic Group Most Willing To Get Vaccine

Dec 04, 2020
Pew Research Center found 83% of Asian Americans said they would get a vaccine compared to 42% of Blacks. White and Latinx respondents were about even with 63% and 61% respectively saying they would.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
A man passes by a closed restaurant in New York City's Chinatown on Aug. 10, 2020. The unemployment rate for Asian Americans has surged amid the pandemic, a trend that has been overlooked amid the widespread economic misery.

'Overlooked': Asian American Jobless Rate Surges But Few Take Notice

Oct 01, 2020
Asian Americans have traditionally enjoyed some of the lowest unemployment rates in the country. But the pandemic is taking a heavy toll - and Trump's blaming China isn't helping.
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Asian-Americans Driving New Economic Growth In Southern Nevada

Dec 29, 2020

It was some 25 years ago that developer James Chen reasoned he could lure Asian travelers off the Strip with high-quality food prepared as it is in Asia. 

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Book Reviews
<em>Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning</em>, by Cathy Park Hong

In 'Minor Feelings,' Asian American Racial Trauma Is Laid Bare

Feb 27, 2020
Cathy Park Hong's essays serve as a major reckoning, pulling no punches as the author uses her life's flashpoints to give voice to a wider Asian American experience, one with cascading consequences.
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Revived Commission To Address Concerns Of Surging Asian-American Community

Dec 02, 2019

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders represent the fastest growing demographic in Nevada.

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Hangover Cures, Child Fatalities On Clark County Commission Radar

Aug 30, 2019

Clark County Commission meetings can be a long list of mundane ordinances and business requests.   

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Here & Now Compass
In the Orange County neighborhood known as Little Saigon, signs for political candidates with Vietnamese names line an intersection. The state's growing Asian-American population is expected to have an impact on the midterms in November.

California Democrats Hope Asian-American Voters Can Help Flip Red Districts

Oct 12, 2018
In conservative Orange County, a growing Asian-American population could have an impact on some key competitive House races in the midterms.
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Newscast headlines

Nevada Candidates Step Up Courting Of Asian-American Voters

Aug 29, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Candidates running for office in Nevada are making a concerted effort to reach out to Nevada's growing Asian-American and Pacific Islander community with the hope that those voters will swing tight races in the battleground state.

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You, Me And Them: Experiencing Discrimination In America

Poll: Asian-Americans See Individuals' Prejudice As Big Discrimination Problem

Dec 05, 2017
In an NPR poll looking at experience with discrimination, Asian-Americans told us that individual prejudice is a bigger problem than bias by government or laws.
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Code Switch

The Gray Area Between 'Yellow' And 'Brown' Skin

Nov 16, 2017
This week on "Ask Code Switch," we're looking at the nuances of who gets to call themselves "brown."
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Code Switch
In a recent study from National Center for Education Statistics found even after controlling for academic achievement in high school, black and Latino students attend selective institutions at far lower rates and drop out of college more often.

Why Colleges Already Face Race-Related Challenges In Serving Future Students

May 24, 2017
By 2020 more than half of children in the U.S. will be part of an ethnic or racial minority. Colleges and universities are figuring out how to prepare for them.
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Code Switch
Actors and industry experts sat down for a panel discussion on Asian Americans in entertainment on Wednesday, May 17 at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center.

Asian Americans In Hollywood Still Waiting For The Spotlight

May 18, 2017
In the meantime, some are producing their own shows or creating material for alternative platforms like YouTube.
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Code Switch
The perception of universal success among Asian-Americans is being wielded to downplay racism's role in the persistent struggles of other minority groups, especially black Americans.

'Model Minority' Myth Again Used As A Racial Wedge Between Asians And Blacks

Apr 19, 2017
The perception of universal success among Asian-Americans is being wielded to downplay racism's role in the persistent struggles of other minority groups — especially black Americans.
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The Two-Way
Protesters attend a rally in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 2016, in support of former NYPD Officer Peter Liang, who was convicted of manslaughter and official misconduct for the shooting death of Akai Gurley in a housing development stairwell.

On Police Treatment, Asian-Americans Show Ethnic, Generational Splits

Apr 18, 2017
Younger Asian-Americans are more likely to cite unequal treatment by police than older generations, according to a survey of Asian-American voters who are also split on the issue along ethnic lines.
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Code Switch
Demonstrators protest United Airlines at O'Hare International Airport on April 11, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. The protest was in response to airport police officers physically removing passenger Dr. David Dao from his seat and dragging him off the airpla

Politics Of Respectability And A Dragged Passenger

Apr 14, 2017
The politics of respectability were complicated this week when a 69 year-old Asian-American doctor was forcibly dragged off a United Airlines flight.
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Code Switch
U.S. artist Ryan Mendoza poses for a photo next to the former house of Afro-American human rights figure Rosa Parks on Mendoza's property on April 6, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. Mendoza bought the house, which was slated for demolition in Detroit, took it a

This Week In Race: A House That Flew Over The Ocean And A Man Who Didn't Get To Fly

Apr 14, 2017
You could say it's been a pretty turbulent week on the race beat.
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Code Switch
When it comes to job applications, not all names are treated equally.

Asian Last Names Lead To Fewer Job Interviews, Still

Feb 23, 2017
For many Asian-Americans, this kind of discrimination means that the pressure to change their names and shed the perpetual foreigner stereotype is strong.

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